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I don't see any problem fabricating a dead front either.
As long as it is a safe installation.

Couldn't there be an issue with the panel's listing if you fabbed a replacement when you could have bought one from the manufacturer or made one for a panel that didn't have a listed dead front? I'm not talking from a practical "will it work right" perspective, but from a "who's the lawyer going to chase" perspective.

Couldn't there be an issue with the panel's listing if you fabbed a replacement when you could have bought one from the manufacturer or made one for a panel that didn't have a listed dead front? I'm not talking from a practical "will it work right" perspective, but from a "who's the lawyer going to chase" perspective.

A panelboard is mounted in a cabinet, cutout box or enclosure as per 408.38.

Cabinet, cutout box and enclosures are as per 312.

I don't see where the cabinet for a panelbord needs to be listed execpt for nometalic cabinets as per 312.10(C).
If I am wrong, please let me know where a listing is required.

The problem usually is that, they want to make the new dead front out of sheet metal and cut it out with tin snips.

I have had to do that. Sometimes you come across old equipment that you would be hard pressed to find replacement parts for and have to fabricate a replacement part. A dead front is not critical to the actual function of the panel like the breakers or buss. The one thing I would be careful of though is making sure the sheet metal was of a heavier guage similar to that of a manufacturers dead front .